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Fredric Steinkamp
Fredric Steinkamp (August 22, 1928 – February 20, 2002) was an American film editor with more than 40 film credits. He had a longstanding, notable collaboration with director Sydney Pollack, editing nearly all of Pollack's films from '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969) through '' Sabrina'' (1995). Steinkamp began his career working part-time in the sound department of the MGM Studios. He became an assistant editor at MGM, and worked for Adrienne Fazan, Ralph E. Winters, Jack Dunning, and Harold F. Kress. Kress recommended Steinkamp as the editor for ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (directed by Michael Curtiz, 1960), which was Steinkamp's first editing credit. From 1980 on, Steinkamp co-edited most films with his son, William Steinkamp; after 1995, William Steinkamp became Sydney Pollack's principal editor through the end of the latter's career in 2005. Steinkamp won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for '' Grand Prix'' (directed by John Frankenheimer, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United States Census Bureau, U.S. census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. It has a diverse economy, hosting headquarters of companies such as Hulu, Activision Blizzard, Universal Music Group, Starz Entertainment Corp., Starz Entertainment, Lionsgate Studios, Illumination (company), Illumination and The Recording Academy. Santa Monica traces its history to Rancho San Vicente y Santa Mónica, granted in 1839 to the Sepúlveda family of California. The rancho was later sold to John Percival Jones, John P. Jones and Robert Symington Baker, Robert Baker, who in 1875, along with his Californio heiress wife Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, founded Santa Monica, which inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Days Of The Condor
''Three Days of the Condor'' is a 1975 American spy thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. The screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel was based on the 1974 novel '' Six Days of the Condor'' by James Grady. Set mainly in New York City and Washington, D.C., the film is about a bookish CIA researcher who comes back from lunch one day to discover his co-workers murdered, then subsequently tries to avoid his own murder and outwit those responsible and understand their motives. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Semple and Rayfiel received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Plot Joe Turner is a bookish CIA analyst, codenamed "Condor", who works at the American Literary Historical Society in New York City, which is actually a clandestine CIA office. The staff members examine books, newspapers, and magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Roy Hill
George Roy Hill (December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American actor and film director. His films include ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969) and ''The Sting'' (1973), both starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford; both films also earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director, winning for the latter.Davidson, Bill. (Mar 16, 1975) The Entertainer. ''New York Times Magazine'', SM15. "Certainly George Roy Hill's pictures have been an important influence in showing the industry that what the public wants is a good story." Peter Bogdanovich, qtd. in Bill Davidson, "The Entertainer," ''New York Times Magazine'', March 16, 1975. Hill also directed ''The World of Henry Orient'' (1964), ''Hawaii (1966 film), Hawaii'' (1966), ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (1967), ''Slaughterhouse-Five (film), Slaughterhouse-Five'' (1972), ''The Great Waldo Pepper'' (1975), ''Slap Shot'' (1977), ''A Little Romance'' (1979), ''The World According to Garp (film), The Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Period Of Adjustment (film)
''Period of Adjustment'' is a 1962 American comedy-drama film directed by George Roy Hill from a screenplay written by Isobel Lennart, based on Tennessee Williams' 1960 play of the same name. The film stars Tony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton and Lois Nettleton. ''Period of Adjustment'' was released on October 31, 1962 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and marked Hill's directorial debut. The film also launched Fonda to bankable film stardom, earning her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Plot Two couples are experiencing difficulty in their marital relationships. Newlyweds Isabel and George Haverstick are having a problem because George has bouts of sexual performance anxiety and has quit his job without telling her. George's war buddy Ralph is at odds with his wife Dottie, whom he had married for money, and he dislikes her wealthy parents. Ralph is also upset with Dottie for allowing their young son to play with a doll. Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Fall Down (1962 Film)
''All Fall Down'' is a 1962 American drama film, adapted from the novel '' All Fall Down'' (1960) by James Leo Herlihy, who later wrote '' Midnight Cowboy'' (1965). John Frankenheimer directed and John Houseman produced. The screenplay was adapted by playwright William Inge and the film starred Eva Marie Saint and Warren Beatty. Upon its release, the film was a minor box-office hit. Together with her performance in Frankenheimer's '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (1962), Angela Lansbury (who played a destructively manipulative mother in both films) won the year's National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was entered in the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Berry-Berry Willart is a hedonistic drifter in his 20s who has no trouble living off the women of all ages he seduces. When the women become too attached to him, his charm turns sadistic and frequently lands him in jail for battery. Berry-Berry is always on the road far from home, rarely seen b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Loves
''Two Loves'' is a 1961 American drama film directed by Charles Walters and starring Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey, Jack Hawkins, and Nobu McCarthy. It is based on the book ''Spinster'' by Sylvia Ashton-Warner. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot American Anna Vorontosov (Shirley MacLaine) teaches the younger children, mostly Maori, at a rural school on New Zealand's North Island. She has made teaching the focus of her life. Her classroom is disorganized and chaotic, which she believes gives these children the freedom to learn. She arrives at her class one morning to learn from her students that a new superintendent of schools stopped by earlier. Worried, Anna talks to the school's headmaster, Mr. Reardon (Ronald Long), about how she can best present her class as she wants to the new superintendent without he firing her. They decide that getting one of the older girls in the school to help her for a few weeks is the appropriate solution. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Levin (director)
Henry Levin (5 June 1909 – 1 May 1980) was an American film director. He helmed over 50 feature films between 1944 and 1980, with his best known works including ''Jolson Sings Again'' (1949), ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (1959) and '' Where the Boys Are'' (1960). Biography Acting Levin began as an actor. He was on Broadway in ''Somewhere in France'' (1941) and appeared in summer stock in ''Cuckoos on the Hearth'' (1941). He worked for Brock Pemberton stage productions. Columbia Pictures Dialogue Director In May 1943 Levin signed a contract to work at Columbia Pictures. He was one of three stage director recruited by the studio – the others were William Castle and Leslie Urbach. Levin's job was to work with the younger Columbia actors. In April Levin was hired to work as dialogue director on '' The Clock Struck Twelve'' (later titled ''Passport to Suez'') with Warren William, one of the Lone Wolf films. He later went on to be dialogue director on '' Dangerous Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where The Boys Are
''Where the Boys Are'' is a 1960 American CinemaScope comedy film directed by Henry Levin and starring Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Hutton, and Frank Gorshin. It was written by George Wells based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout. The screenplay concerns four female college students who spend spring break in Fort Lauderdale. The title song " Where the Boys Are" was sung by Connie Francis, who played one of the foursome. ''Where the Boys Are'' was one of the first teen films to explore adolescent sexuality and the changing sexual morals and attitudes among American college youth. Aimed at the teen market, it inspired many American college students to head to Fort Lauderdale for their annual spring break. It won Laurel Awards for Best Comedy of the Year and Best Comedy Actress (Paula Prentiss). Plot The film mainly focuses on the "coming of age" of four girl students at a midwestern university duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) gives one or more Career Achievement Awards each year. The first awards were given in 1988. Article indicates that Milford received the ACE Career Achievement Award in 1987; the actual award year appears to be 1988. List of honorees 2020s *2020: Alan Heim and Tina Hirsch 2010s *2019: Craig McKay and Jerrold L. Ludwig *2018: Mark Goldblatt and Leon Ortiz-Gil *2017: Janet Ashikaga and Thelma Schoonmaker *2016: Carol Littleton and Ted Rich *2015: Diane Adler and Gerald B. Greenberg *2014: Richard Halsey and Robert C. Jones *2013: Richard Marks and Lawrence Silk *2012: Joel Cox and Doug Ibold *2011: Michael Kahn and Michael Brown *2010: Paul LaMastra and Neil Travis 2000s *2009: Sidney Katz and Arthur Schmidt *2008: Millie Moore and Bud S. Smith *2007: John Soh and Frank J. Urioste *2006: Edward M. Abroms and Terry Rawlings *2005: David Blewitt and Jim Clark *2004: Donn Cambern and John A. Martinelli *2003: John F. Burnett and Tom R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Walters
Charles Powell Walters (November 17, 1911 – August 13, 1982) was an American Cinema of the United States, Hollywood director and choreographer most noted for his work in MGM musicals and comedies from the 1940s to the 1960s. Early years Charles Walters was born in Pasadena, California, the son of Joe Walter and Winifred Taft Walter, who had moved from Tomah, Wisconsin. He changed his last name to Walters in the 1930s because he was "tired of misspellings". Walters was educated at Anaheim Union High School (Class of 1930) and briefly attended the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Career Actor Shortly after graduating high school in 1931, Walters joined a touring Fanchon & Marco revue as a chorus boy and specialty dancer. After keeping a correspondence with producer, dancer and choreographer Leonard Sillman, Walters got Sillman to cast him in the revue ''Low and Behold'' (1933), which also featured Tyrone Power, Eve Arden, and Kay Thompson. The show never reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)
''The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' is a 1964 American Western musical comedy film directed by Charles Walters and starring Debbie Reynolds, filmed in Panavision. The screenplay by Helen Deutsch is based on the libretto, book of the 1960 The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical), musical of the same name by Richard Morris. The song score was composed by Meredith Willson. The plot is a fictionalized account of the life of Margaret Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the . Reynolds was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Brown. Plot Rescued from the Colorado River as an infant and raised by Seamus Tobin, tomboy Margaret Brown, Molly Tobin is determined to find a wealthy man to marry. She journeys to Leadville, Colorado and is hired as a saloon singer by Christmas Morgan. After miner Johnny Brown renovates his cabin, the two wed, and he sells his claim in a silver mine for $300,000. The Browns and Seamus move into a Denver mansion, and Molly sets out to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Cinema Editors
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editing, film editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the post-nominal letters "ACE". The organization's "Eddie Awards" are routinely covered in trade magazines such as ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and ''Variety (magazine), Variety''. The society is not an trade union, industry union, such as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, I.A.T.S.E. (specifically the Motion Picture Editors Guild or MPEG), to which an editor might also belong. The current president of ACE is Kevin Tent, who was elected in 2020. Membership Eligibility for active membership is based on the following: * Nomination or win of an ACE Eddie award and/or * Desire to be a member * Sponsorship by at least two active members * Minimum of 72 months' (6 years) editing experience on features and/or television * Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
